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Geoscience ›› 2022, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (03): 848-861.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2021.064

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Geochronology and Petrogenesis of the Highly-Fractionated Early Cretaceous Narenwula Granite, Inner Mongolia, China

LI Zhu1(), ZHANG Dehui1(), ZHANG Rongzhen1, SHEN Cunli2, JIAO Shihao1, LI Lin2, ZHU Penglong2   

  1. 1. School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
    2. Nonferrous Geological Bureau of Inner Mongolia, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia 010010, China
  • Received:2021-02-22 Revised:2022-05-05 Online:2022-06-10 Published:2022-07-19
  • Contact: ZHANG Dehui

Abstract:

A number of rare metal deposits have been discovered in Narenwula area of Inner Mongolia, with high metallogenic potential. However, there are still many controversies about the chronology and genesis of Narenwula granite. LA-ICP-MS zircon U-Pb dating and geochemical analysis have been carried out to determine the age and genetic type of the Narenwula granite. The U-Pb dating results show that the medium-coarse biotite monzogranite and porphyritic monzogranite were emplaced in the Early Cretaceous, at (142.1±1.0)Ma and(142.3±1.2)Ma, respectively. Its diagenetic age is basically consistent with the ages of the extensive regional granite emlacement in the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous period. Whole-rock geochemistry shows that the granite is characterized by high silica(SiO2=73.69%-76.67%)and alkali(Na2O+K2O=8.40%-8.80%), but low P2O5, MgO, FeOT, CaO, and REE. The rocks have high LREE/HREE ratios(LREE/HREE=6.23-14.28) and marked negative Eu anomalies (δEu=0.20-0.36). They are obviously enriched in Zr, Hf, Rb, and Th, but strongly depleted in Ba, Sr, P, and Ti, and slightly depleted in Nb. The granite is high-K calc-alkaline and weakly peraluminous. Based on the characteristics of mineralogy, petrology and geochemistry, we concluded that the granite belongs to highly-fractionated I-type. Considering the structural features and regional geological background, we inferred that the Narenwula granite in the northern margin of the North China Plate was formed in the Early Cretaceous within-plate extensional setting.

Key words: geochronology, geochemistry, highly-fractionated granite, Early Cretaceous, Inner Mongolia

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